More that unites us?
Audrey McCulloch asks: what would persuade 10 membership organisations to set aside their own agendas and gather together for discussion and collaboration?
Analysis and opinion
Information access essential for advancing agricultural science and national development in Kenya
Humphrey Kombe Keah is an information management and digital services specialist at the World Agroforestry Centre in Nairobi, Kenya. He discusses the opportunities and…
Achieving U(X)topia for next-generation product design and marketing
Generation Z is now – and publishers and technology providers must deliver new products faster, writes Anne Stone
Librarians’ messages to publishers: time to listen?
What happens when librarians are asked to share their thoughts with academic publishers? That was the question behind research carried out in advance of…
The triptych of knowledge liberation – equality, sustainability and community
It remains a surprising fact to many that most open access publishers do not charge article processing charges, writes Liz Allen
New – CILIP column: Breaking down barriers and building transferable skills
The UK needs a strong library and information association to represent the sector, champion the difference we make, and develop skills and expertise, writes…
Exploring the evidence
Rebecca Howland describes the ways in which Cambridge University Press is maximising the benefits of its evidence based acquisition (EBA) model for its customers
Data challenges for publishers – teams, tools and changes in the law
Dealing with data is nothing new to scholarly publishers – but it was clear from a recent ALPSP event that it’s an ever-changing battlefield,…
‘Genuinely disruptive’
Michael Upshall discusses the impact of machine learning on scholarly communications
A confused author’s views on copyright
C B Lucas discusses the laborious problems of obtaining permission from publishers and authors to republish diagrams and photographs and suggests solutions
Course readings: an evolving landscape
For many years now the ways in which students at higher education institutions have accessed their course readings has developed swiftly, writes David Duffield
The value of variety
It is very likely that we will soon see a major change to the appearance of scholarly ebooks, writes Niels Peter Thomas